What guitar magazines do you read?

[MarkRhodes]

Where does someone find something like a print magazine nowadays? Newstands and magazine stores are a thing of the past.

Depends on where you live. Lot of older folk AND hipsters in my neck of the woods, so there are still newstands around (often combined with a coffee shop or cigar / tobacco store)

Barnes & Noble stores still carry hundreds of magazines. (That's where I discovered "Guitar Techniques".)

[christianm77]

Ah Guitar Techniques ‘hi it’s Guthrie here with ten Al di Meola licks’

I played a Frank Evans arrangement for my first jazz guitar performance out of GT.

[christianm77]

These online publications include reviews:

All About Jazz

Jazzwise

Jazz Times

Jazz Guitar

Jazzwise is a print magazine too but I don’t know if it has international distribution. Uk based (I am friends with the editor.) Getting reviews can be tough, but you have an interesting life story Henry, so that might help for a PR angle.

[grahambop]

Jazzwise is a print magazine too but I don’t know if it has international distribution. Uk based (I am friends with the editor.) Getting reviews can be tough, but you have an interesting life story Henry, so that might help for a PR angle.

Mentioning the Mingus connection might help?

[Gabor]

Does Playboy from 80s count? If I recall correctly I saw a picture with a guitar in the background

[cosmic gumbo]

Holy Shit, where do you live? The Sahara? Mars?

The US is such a big place compared to a little town like London. That means a lot of places where doing some things won't make any money, like selling magazines and playing jazz.

[christianm77]

The US is such a big place compared to a little town like London. That means a lot of places where doing some things won't make any money, like selling magazines and playing jazz.

well London is a city of 8.7 million people. I suppose you could say NYC is a little town by the same logic.

Americans are always banging on about their country being spread out but tbh it sounds like a bit of a pain in the arse.

i don’t want to drive three hours to pick up a jazz mag and a box of tissues.

[Gabor]

Holy Shit, where do you live? The Sahara? Mars?

Regardless where one lives, I have to admit, the last paper based magazine what I literally kept in my hands was Playboy more than a quarter century ago. No joke. Maybe some Scientific Americans in the late 90s. I am clear now. (who needs magazines when here is this forum? )

[whiskey02]

Would they review a jazz CD from a hardly nobody?


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Henry, your playing is pretty damn far beyond “hardly nobody”. VGM while of course rock and blues centered, really does a pretty good job of touching on all styles of instruments and players. I suspect they don’t get a whole lot of jazz guitar albums to review. If they drop needle and hear you, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they did a review. Every issue has quite a few short reviews.
“Music Editor” is Pete Brown, email is [email protected]
Good luck.

[henryrobinett]

Henry, your playing is pretty damn far beyond “hardly nobody”. VGM while of course rock and blues centered, really does a pretty good job of touching on all styles of instruments and players. I suspect they don’t get a whole lot of jazz guitar albums to review. If they drop needle and hear you, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they did a review. Every issue has quite a few short reviews.
“Music Editor” is Pete Brown, email is [email protected]
Good luck.

Thank you!!! Kind words appreciated.
What is VGM? Vintage Guitar Magazine?

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[cosmic gumbo]

Henry, for what it's worth, most print magazines are dead circulation wise. Not reaching many folks. They might exist, but most of the reading is done online.

I know you were asking for guitar mags, but the site called ALL ABOUT JAZZ has more traffic than any other online jazz presence, that was their main goal within the jazz community/industry, and they succeded. They are open to working with jazz musicians with promotion, profiles, reviews, and even streaming artists tracks. Good luck.

All About Jazz Music, Musicians, Bands & Albums
Jazz news: How To Create or Update Your All About Jazz Musician Page
Promotional Opportunities for Jazz Musicians

[christianm77]

I got a review with All About Jazz

[vashondan]

These online publications include reviews:

All About Jazz

Jazzwise

Jazz Times

Jazz Guitar

Any favs in this list? I'd like to try one. Thanks

[henryrobinett]

Henry, for what it's worth, most print magazines are dead circulation wise. Not reaching many folks. They might exist, but most of the reading is done online.

I know you were asking for guitar mags, but the site called ALL ABOUT JAZZ has more traffic than any other online jazz presence, that was their main goal within the jazz community/industry, and they succeded. They are open to working with jazz musicians with promotion, profiles, reviews, and even streaming artists tracks. Good luck.

All About Jazz Music, Musicians, Bands & Albums
Jazz news: How To Create or Update Your All About Jazz Musician Page
Promotional Opportunities for Jazz Musicians

Thanks. Yeah I know All About Jazz. Great resource. The PR has that and all the other major and minor jazz publications, print and online. She wanted to know specific guitar magazines that would reach jazz guitar people.


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[whiskey02]

Yes Henry, Vintage Guitar mag. Go for it.

[Walker]

Henry, your playing is pretty damn far beyond “hardly nobody”. VGM while of course rock and blues centered, really does a pretty good job of touching on all styles of instruments and players. I suspect they don’t get a whole lot of jazz guitar albums to review. If they drop needle and hear you, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they did a review. Every issue has quite a few short reviews.
“Music Editor” is Pete Brown, email is [email protected]
Good luck.

Actually, if you're talking about Vintage Guitar Magazine, one of the Editors/Writers is Pete Prown. I went to school with Pete.

[henryrobinett]

Actually, if you're talking about Vintage Guitar Magazine, one of the Editors/Writers is Pete Prown. I went to school with Pete.

Thank you!


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[AlsoRan]

The US is such a big place compared to a little town like London. That means a lot of places where doing some things won't make any money, like selling magazines and playing jazz.

Ha! Ha! I knew you wouldn't let Christian get away with that barb!

[AlsoRan]

By the way, Henry.

I know that you have had an interview on NPR (an American radio station that is nationwide for those of you who don't know) before. Maybe you could get another and promote the CD?

[henryrobinett]

By the way, Henry.

I know that you have had an interview on NPR (an American radio station that is nationwide for those of you who don't know) before. Maybe you could get another and promote the CD?

I hope so!


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[Cunamara]

well London is a city of 8.7 million people. I suppose you could say NYC is a little town by the same logic.

Americans are always banging on about their country being spread out but tbh it sounds like a bit of a pain in the arse.

i don’t want to drive three hours to pick up a jazz mag and a box of tissues.

People I know who live in New York City do describe it as a small town in many ways. Or maybe a lot of small towns would be a better description. I've never been there myself so I don't have any sense of that. I've never been to London, either. I have been to Paris and in some ways that had a surprisingly small town feel to it.

Some of America is spread out. A slight majority of Americans live in urban/suburban areas while rural America is relatively sparsely populated. Just over half of us live in 146 counties in just nine states; the other half of us are spread out over 2297 other counties in the 50 states. And that trend will only increase: by 2040, nearly 50% of the population in America is projected to live in just eight states out of the 50; 70% of the population will live in the 16 most populous states. 30% of the population will live in the other 34 states. This will create all sorts of interesting dynamics in politics, elections, tax policy, etc.

My doctor is a 10 minute drive away; the grocery store is 5 minutes. My wife's aunts and uncles live in northeastern Montana and going to just about any medical specialist is a 2 hour drive. Their town doesn't even have a full-time doctor; there's one who comes in to do rounds at the hospital one or two days a week or something like that. Going to a full-service large grocery store and stocking up with a month's worth of groceries and other supplies is a similar drive. The population just isn't big enough to support those services.

[PaulHintz]

Bookstores. Just bought the current Acoustic Guitar issue at the nearest Barnes and Noble.

[cosmic gumbo]

Bookstores. Just bought the current Acoustic Guitar issue at the nearest Barnes and Noble.

I actually found the closest one to me is in another state and is only an hour and fifty minutes round trip.....

[jdazey]

The only one I can stand is Fretboard Journal. While they generally don't do reviews, they often run articles on jazz players, e.g. Bill Frisell, Eric Skye.

Joe

[Jabberwocky]

Congrats on the new CD, Henry. Don't neglect the Audiophile press: The Absolute Sound, Stereophile in the US; HIFI+, HIFI News and Record Review in the UK (amongst others); the Japanese audiophile press. Big following in Japan of US jazz acts. I don't know about distribution in Japan but worth reaching out.